Dec 16, 2020

BUFFALO GAP: William (Billy) Charles Perry, 55, passed away suddenly on Wednesday December 16, 2020. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 4:30pm in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery, Chuck Gililland officiating, directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. A visitation will be held on Saturday, December 19, from 5 to 7pm at the funeral home...

Dec 15, 2020

TUSCOLA: On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Guadalupe Vidaurri Elizondo, loving wife and mother of two sons passed asway at the age of 79. Guadalupe was born on July 15, 1941 in Mathis, Texas to Jesus and Ascension (Ybarra) Vidaurri. On May 24, 1969, she married Alfredo Elizondo. They raised two sons Fabian and Jessie. Guadalupe loved to cook desserts and...

Dec 12, 2020

Dean Arnold Fullinwider, 88, passed away on December 12, 2020 in Lubbock. A graveside service will be beheld on Monday, December 21, 2020 in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene at 2:00pm, directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. Dean was born on April 10, 1932 in Salida, Co to Guy and Frances (Merten) Fullinwider. He was the youngest...

Dec 8, 2020

WINGATE: John “Hollis” Dean was born October 24th, 1934. He was the youngest child of Roland Ray and Lola Lorena (Gannaway) Dean. He was born in the same Runnels County farmhouse where his mother and his 9 siblings were born. He lived almost all of his life in his beloved Wingate, TX. While attending high school in Winters, he encountered...

Dec 6, 2020

Hazel Joy Brown-Duncan-Shoopman beloved Mother, Nona, Grannie, 92 went to her heavenly home on December 6, 2020. Visitation Wednesday, December 9. Her service will be held at 2:00pm at Dewey Cemetery, Thursday, December 10, 2020, Jerry McNeill officiating, services directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. A visitation will be held on Wednesday December 8, from 5 to 7pm at...

Dec 6, 2020

Steven Morris of Lawn, TX passed away on December 6, 2020. Steve grew up in Tuscola and was in the Jim Ned class of 1987. Steve is survived by his son, Kevin and wife Rachael Morris of Midland, his daughter, Jayden Morris of Lubbock, his father, Les Morris of Abilene, his uncle, Jerry Barbee of Lawn, and two brothers,...

Dec 2, 2020

KERMIT: Billie Mae Havis, 84, passed away at home December 2, 2020. A graveside service will be held on Monday. December 7, 2020 in the Stiles Cemetery at 2:00pm, officiated by Ed Simmons, directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola.

Billie Mae was born October 18, 1936 in Wink. She was the daughter of W.W. and Opal (Shelton)...

Nov 18, 2020

Samuel Bacon (Sam) Nix died on November 18, 2020, at a nursing facility in Abilene after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and dementia. He was born on August 14, 1936, in Abilene to A. J. (Jack) and Juanita (Bacon) Nix. He graduated from South Taylor High School in 1954 and Abilene Christian University with a B.S. in 1958....

Nov 12, 2020

TUSCOLA: Hazel Louis (Coffey) Lambert, 83, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 10:00am, Monday, November 16, 2020 in the Cedar Gap Cemetery, David Cason officiating, directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. A visitation will be held on Sunday, November 15, from 5 to 7:00pm at the funeral home in Tuscola. Hazel was...

Nov 3, 2020

Sonya Elaine Rogers, 78, of Tuscola passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at her house surrounded by her family. Sonya was born in Abilene on July 28, 1942, to Everett and Lucille (Moody) Graham. She attended school at South Taylor County and then graduated from Jim Ned CISD in 1960. She was always a proud South Taylor County Tiger....

Oct 31, 2020

Ronald Gene "Cotton" Everett, 81, of Buffalo Gap, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, October 31, 2020. He was born January 13, 1939, to Paul and Goldie (Lipscomb) Everett. He served in the Marine Corps as a sharp shooter and was a Vietnam Veteran. After being discharged from the military he worked for several years in law enforcement and...

Oct 23, 2020

BUFFALO GAP: Wilma Joyce (Parvin) Ellinger, age 80, went to be with her Lord Friday, October 23, 2020 in a caring and loving community at the Bronte Health and Rehab Center in Bronte. Services directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola.

Wilma was born October 22, 1940 in Buffalo Gap as the oldest of three siblings to the...

Oct 14, 2020

ARLINGTON: Lillian Anita (Blankenship) Evans, 83, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. A graveside service, next to her beloved husband, Don, will be held on Monday, October 19, 2020 in the Tuscola Cemetery at 2:30pm, Roy Meyer, of Lawn Church of Christ, officiating. A visitation will be held before the service on Monday, at 12:30, at the funeral home....

Oct 8, 2020

ABILENE: Barbara Lynn Yancey, 68, suddenly passed away on Thursday, October 8th 2020. A funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at 2:00pm, directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 from 5 to 7pm at the funeral home in Tuscola. Barbara was...

Oct 1, 2020

Judith Stubblefield, 73, of Ovalo, TX, passed away on October 1, 2020. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 7th from 5pm to 7pm at Fry-Smith Funeral Home, 502 Kent Ave, Tuscola, TX. She will be interred Thursday, October 8th at 1pm at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 7457 West Lake Road, Abilene, TX. Judy was born April 16th, 1947 in...

Sep 22, 2020

TUSCOLA: Vickie Lynn Bryant, 61, suddenly passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at her store in Tuscola. She was a pillar in the Tuscola community, who daily brought the residents together at Vickie’s. She was a loving daughter, sister, grandmother, and mother to her family, her morning coffee drinkers, lunch customers, and thousands of Jim Ned Indians that...

Sep 6, 2020

Teresa Hope Smith moved on to a much better place Sunday, September 6, 2020, with her four children by her side. After a battle with cancer, she left this world much too soon for her family and friends, but at peace and ready for the next adventure. Most recently of Shoshone, ID, and previously of Van Alstyne, TX (and just...

Aug 30, 2020

Karen Denise Pemberton, 70, of Lake Brownwood, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be Wednesday, September 2, 2020, from 5:00 to 7:00pm at Fry~Smith Funeral Home in Tuscola. Services will be Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 2:00 pm at Lawn Baptist Church in Lawn. Service directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. Karen...

Aug 16, 2020

Valena Ann (Bartel) Cox passed away Saturday, August 16, 2020 in Abilene at age 64. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 10:00am in the sanctuary of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, Bro. Stan Alcorn officiating, services are entrusted to Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 19, from 6...

Jul 13, 2020

Bobby Charles (Bob) Satterwhite peacefully left his earthly home on July 13, 2020. He was 84. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at 10:30am in the Dewey Cemetery pavilion, directed by Fry~Smith Funeral Home, Tuscola. The family ask that a mask is to be worn at and during the graveside service. Bobby was born...